Improvement in mucilage-holders



S. S. NEWTON, Muoilage-Holder.

No. 210,872. Patented Dec.17,1878.

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STEPHEN S. NEWTON, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MUClLAGE-HOLDERS.

Specification lforming part of Letters PatentvNo. 210,872, dated December 17, 1878 application tiled May 17, 1878.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN S. NEWTON, of Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mucilage- Bottles; and I do hereby declare that Athe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the aecompauyiug drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ot' this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the bottles or vessels employed for holding mucilage, liquid blacking, and liquid bronze.

Its object is to prevent the withdrawal or too much of the liquid bythe sponge or brush ordinarily employed with vessels ot this class 5 audit consists in providing t-he neck of the bottle or vessel with au inner removable solid neck, having iiutes or ribs continuous from the top to the bottom, to form a contracted throat, through which the sponge is drawn in its passage from the bottle, and having continuous grooves or channels for the return of the surplus liquid.

Figures l and 2 are vertical sections of the inner neck. Figs. 3, I, and 5 illustrate meth' ods of attaching the neck to the bottle. Figs. 0, 7, and S are horizontal sections, taken re-4 spectively on lines x x, Fig. 3, y y, 4, and e z, Fig. 5. l

In the drawings, A represents the body of the bottle 5 B, the neck, and C the mouth. D is the solid inner removable neck, provided With the ribs or ilutes dd, extending from top to bottom to form a contracted throat, and with continuous channels d" d. This inner solid neck I prefer to make either of metal or of rubber, as these materials permit a ready manuiacture by melting and pouring into a Inold.

Removable necks of this sort can be manufactured much more cheaply and rapidly than the perforated sheetmetal necks now in use, and have, moreover, continuous grooves for the return of the surplus liquid.

Bottles have been made with corrugations blown or molded upon the inside oi their necks; but, owing to the difficulties experienced in the blowing and molding' of glass, it is found that the number of utes or corrugations and the depth of the returning-grooves must be very limited, Whereas by casting the inner neck separately I am at liberty to make them ot' any desired number and depth.

When a neck east from metal is employed, the bottle is provided with an inwardly-proj eetin g annular Ilange or rib, b, to support the inner neck, and with an annular groove,` bf, to receive a wire which is sprung therein to prevent the Withdrawal of the neck.

If the neck is molded from rubber its compressibility and elasticity may be used to retain it in place. Thus, it may be held up by the ilange b, and held down by another inwardd ly-projectingV ange, b2, beyond which it is forced by compression. After passing the upper iiange it springs out and occupies the enlarged space between the iianges; or it may be provided with lugs or ears d2, adapted to be compressed, and then sprung into seats or recesses b3 b3, formed in the bottle-neck for their reception, or with an annular rib to be compressed and sprung into the groove bl.

lNhen the neck is formed with the lugs or ears upon its outer face the lower ila-nge, b, will not be needed.

What I claim is* 1. A cast or molded solid removable inner neck for bottles, having vertical tintes or ribs and grooves, continuous from top to bottoni, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a bottle-neck, arubber inner neck having longitudinal ribs and grooves, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that .I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix my signature in presence ot'two Witnesses.

STEPHEN S. NEWTON.

Witnesses:

W. H. Hueck, DANIEL VHEELER. 

